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22 Ottobre 2025

Japan Logs Trade Deficit of 1,223 B. Yen in Fiscal 1st Half

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 1,223.8 billion yen in April-September, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday. Exports in the first half of fiscal 2025 rose 0.2 pct year on year to 53,653.3 billion
22 Ottobre 2025

European Leaders Congratulate Takaichi Becoming New Japan PM

Paris, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–European leaders have celebrated in social media posts the inauguration of new Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. “Congratulations…on your historic vote as Japan’s first female prime minister,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. “I look forward to working
22 Ottobre 2025

N. Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles toward Sea of Japan

Seoul/Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–North Korea has launched several ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military said Wednesday. The military is working to analyze details of the launch while noting that the projectiles were short-range ballistic missiles. It is
22 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi Cabinet Fully Starts Working

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi fully started working Wednesday morning. The government plans to announce a list of new state ministers and parliamentary vice ministers in the afternoon. Members of the Takaichi cabinet, launched
22 Ottobre 2025

N. Korea Launches Ballistic Missile toward Sea of Japan

Seoul, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military said Wednesday. The military is working to analyze details of the launch, including the type of the projectile. It is the first time since
22 Ottobre 2025

FOCUS: Summit with Trump First Diplomatic Test for Takaichi

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–A bilateral summit with U.S. President Donald Trump expected next week will likely be the first diplomatic test for Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office Tuesday. The focus in the expected first meeting between the
21 Ottobre 2025

Ichikawa Named Head of Japan’s National Security Secretariat

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to appoint former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichi Ichikawa as secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat, replacing Masataka Okano. The replacement comes only nine months after Okano assumed
21 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi Launches Cabinet as Japan’s 1st Female PM

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched her cabinet on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister, forming a coalition government with Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), the LDP’s new partner. After
21 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi to Order Revisions of Japan’s Security Documents

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested Tuesday that she would soon instruct members of her administration to begin work on revising Japan’s three key security documents in line with international standards. “I will protect Japan’s national interests
21 Ottobre 2025

New Japan PM Takaichi Vows to Work Hard

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to work diligently at her first press conference after taking office Tuesday. “For the country and its people, I will work boldly without fear of change, doing my utmost,” Takaichi told
21 Ottobre 2025

Profiles of Ministers in Japan’s Takaichi Cabinet II

Hirotaka Ishihara, Environment Minister Ishihara, 61, whose father was the late writer and former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, served in several important posts, including state environment minister and special adviser to the prime minister. In the latest LDP leadership election, he supported
21 Ottobre 2025

EU, EP rejects proposal on forest monitoring

(Adnkronos) – The European Parliament has approved the proposal to reject the European Commission’s proposal for the establishment of a framework for monitoring European forests with 370 votes in favor, 264 against, and 9 abstentions. In the morning, the relative majority party,
21 Ottobre 2025

Poland, intelligence arrests 8 suspected ‘saboteurs’

(Adnkronos) – Polish secret services have arrested eight people suspected of planning sabotage in the country. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, explaining in a post on X that the suspects were arrested in various parts of Poland in recent
21 Ottobre 2025

Sarkozy’s lawyer, request for release filed

(Adnkronos) – “The request for Nicolas Sarkozy’s release has been filed.” This was announced by the former French president’s lawyer, Christophe Ingrain, on BFMTV. “There is no risk of reoffending, nor of destruction of evidence – there is no evidence – nor
21 Ottobre 2025

Profiles of Ministers in Japan’s Takaichi Cabinet I

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Following are profiles of ministers in the cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, launched Tuesday: Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister Takaichi, 64, was first elected to the Diet, Japan’s parliament, in the 1993 election for the House
21 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi Launches Cabinet as Japan’s 1st Female PM

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched her cabinet on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister, forming a coalition government with Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), the LDP’s new partner. After
21 Ottobre 2025

New PM Takaichi Seeks Economic Measures by Year-End

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The administration of new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will soon begin work on drawing up economic measures to address soaring prices, aiming to have a supplementary budget to finance them enacted by the end of this year.
21 Ottobre 2025

Roster of New PM Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Following is the lineup of new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet, announced Tuesday. Prime Minister: Sanae Takaichi, 64 Internal Affairs and Communications Minister: Yoshimasa Hayashi, 64 Justice Minister: *Hiroshi Hiraguchi, 77 Foreign Minister: Toshimitsu Motegi, 70 Finance
21 Ottobre 2025

World Reacts to Takaichi’s Election as Japan’s New PM

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–World leaders and other officials reacted to the election of Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung wrote on Facebook that he hopes to further strengthen Japan-South Korea cooperation for
21 Ottobre 2025

New PM Takaichi to Give Policy Speech Fri. at Earliest

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling camp led by the Liberal Democratic Party proposed on Tuesday that newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi deliver her first policy speech in the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Friday. The ruling bloc made the proposal
21 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s “1st Gentleman” Vows to Support New PM Takaichi

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The election of Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday placed her husband, Taku Yamamoto, as the country’s first male spouse of the prime minister, or “first gentleman.” Yamamoto, 73, told Jiji Press by phone
21 Ottobre 2025

Ichikawa Likely to Head Japan’s National Security Secretariat

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering appointing former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichi Ichikawa as secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat to replace Masataka Okano, informed sources said Tuesday. The proposed replacement would come only nine months
21 Ottobre 2025

Central Tokyo Condo Prices Hit Record High in April-Sept.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards in April-September hit a record high for the third straight year, Real Estate Economic Institute Co. said Tuesday. The figure
21 Ottobre 2025

Japan Elects 1st Female PM 80 Years after Universal Suffrage

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister Tuesday, 80 years after women in the Asian nation gained suffrage. This means that Takaichi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, broke the country’s highest glass ceiling, although
21 Ottobre 2025

Sarkozy in prison, ‘I am innocent, truth will triumph’

(Adnkronos) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has entered La Santé prison in Paris, where he will serve five years of detention. On the way to the penitentiary, Sarkozy shared a tweet in which he declared himself ”innocent”, speaking of a ”judicial
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